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How To Flush The DNS Cache In Windows 7

A Domain Name System (DNS) is the database of web addresses and what IP address they correlate to.  When your internet browser resolves one of these addresses, Windows stores that data in a cache to improve performance the next time you visit the said domain name.  This works out to your benefit most of the [...]

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How To Block Failed Login Attempts In Windows 7

Even if you put a password on your computer, that doesn’t stop someone from breaking in by using a brute force password guessing technique.  Although more of a problem for Laptops than your home desktop, I’m going to show you a trick used by almost all corporations who run Windows.  Essentially what were going to [...]

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How To Become A Mac App Developer

This week Apple began accepting submissions for the upcoming Mac App Store, the OS X equivalent of the iOS iTunes based App Store.  For Mac users this is a big deal; what Steam Powered has done for games, Apple is doing for Mac applications.  This also means a big opportunity for people who never jumped [...]

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How-to Sync Hotmail Emails, Contacts and Calendars with your iPhone using ActiveSync (with Push!)

In a blog post in August, the Windows Live Team announced that Hotmail now supports push notifications for Emails, Contacts and Calendars. That’s great news for iPhone users who want to get their email and appointment notifications as soon as they arrive in their inbox or calendar. Using Exchange ActiveSync (EAS), you can set your [...]

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How To Determine Your Android System Score

Android is a fairly young OS in the phone market, but it is maturing rapidly.  Some are forecasting it will overtake the iPhone as quickly as Q2 2011.  Anyway, as more devices come loaded with Android, you’ll find a huge variety in the hardware that Android runs on. So, want to know how your device’s [...]

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